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Radio 4,20 Sep 2024,45 mins

Is it too late to stop wider Middle East war?

The World Tonight

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The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the crisis in the Middle East as fears mount of a much wider war. We speak live to the UK's former ambassador to the UN to ask does diplomacy stand a chance - or is it too late for the wider world to prevent a dangerous escalation? Also on the programme: As fresh allegations against former Harrods boss Mohammed Al Fayed emerge we ask the barrister representing dozens of women who've accused the late billionaire of sexual assault how they can get justice. And the singer Peter Gabriel on uncovering long-lost music by the Qawalli megastar Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

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